Help!!! Cloudy water

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reefkprrn

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My tank has been running for 3 weeks today I added liquid calcium to the tank around 1:45 pm then left the house until about 6:30, when I left the house the tank was not cloudy when I returned it was very milky like when you initially add 160 lbs of rinsed sand. The rocks are visible but not at all clearly. My water parameters are as follows: Please give me some clue if this is ok or if I just did something really horrible.
Ammonia 0
Nitrites .1 mg/L
Nitrates 25 mg/L
Calcium 410 ppm (this could be concentrated if the cloudiness is just from the dosed calcium)
Alkalinity 5.02 mEq/L

Please note that the tank is 125 gallons with 200 pounds of live rock, 160 pounds of live sand and G1X protein skimmer (new sock), rena xp4 filter. Thanks you so much I am freaking out:eek2:
 
No I have done anything else for fear of messing it up even further. I am using Salifert Profi test for all of the parameters.
Will this go away????What should I be doing?????
 
If it truly is just precip from overdose of alk/ca, there shouldn't be any negative effects to inhabitants. Scroll down halfway into the article from above. Look for the tank shot that shows typical precip.

Do you know your magnesium level?

There's also just an outside chance this is a bacteria bloom and is unrelated to the alk/ca. Just a thought... :rolleyes:
 
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No I don't know the magnesium level. That is exactly what it looks and sounds like happened based on the article. It does not reference how to get rid of it or what you have to do. Any ideas
 
It says to basically let it pass on its own. Kind of hard to do, I know. ;)

"4. The particles themselves will typically settle out and disappear from view over a period of 1-4 days. They do not appear to cause long term detrimental effects to tank organisms."

I'd let it go and see what things look like in the morning as long as everything is stable at this point. How long has the tank been set up?
 
Thanks, that makes me feel a little better. There are no inhabitants in the tank yet, but we are just finishing up the cycling process and I attempted to buffer the system in preparation of adding fish and corals. Is this a really detrimental thing I just did to my tank?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9729736#post9729736 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefkprrn
Thanks, that makes me feel a little better. There are no inhabitants in the tank yet, but we are just finishing up the cycling process and I attempted to buffer the system in preparation of adding fish and corals. Is this a really detrimental thing I just did to my tank?
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Oh good. No issues then. What alkalinity suppliment are you using? I'd recommend looking into a 2-part suppliment for keeping your alk/ca in balance. Gets away from managing your levels individually.


How to Select a Calcium and Alkalinity Supplementation Scheme
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2003/chem.htm

;)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9729740#post9729740 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefkprrn
By the way drummereef what is the picture of under your screen name, it is some type of coral?
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It's a school of powder blue tangs. :)
 
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